• Entangled; involved; perplexed; complicated; difficult tounderstand, follow, arrange, or adjust; as, intricate machinery,labyrinths, accounts, plots, etc.His style was fit to convey the most intricate business to theunderstanding with the utmost clearness. Addison.The nature of man is intricate. Burke.


    Intricate meaning & definition 1 of Intricate.


  • Complex or complicated

    Intricate meaning & definition 2 of Intricate.


  • On a broad level it refers to something that is highly complex and involved.

    On a more intricate level, it refers to something that has succeeded in the capture of complex details. The kind of details, like subtle mannerisms, that you take for granted in day-to-day life but are like little puzzle pieces that form the world around you, reality. That's why a lot of movies and such never seem truly realistic because they are lacking in the intricacies that inhabit the real-world. But when it happens, it's a good feeling to recognize the intricacies of the real-world successfully captured and portrayed in the fictional realm.

    Intricate meaning & definition 3 of Intricate.


  • To bring people on board or to get them onside with an idea or a proposal or an initiative of some type by getting them intricated into the process bit by bit, almost without their noticing that they are making a [commitment].

    Intricate meaning & definition 4 of Intricate.


  • Very complicated or detailed.

    Intricate meaning & definition 5 of Intricate.


  • having a lot of small parts that are arranged in a complicated or delicate way:

    Intricate meaning & definition 6 of Intricate.

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